Women in a region with high incidence of cervical cancer warrant immediate colposcopy for low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion on cervical cytology

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1565-1568

  Phongnarisorn, C ^a   Srisomboon, J ^a   Siriaungkul, S ^a   Khunamornpong, S ^a   Suprasert, P ^a   Charoenkwan, K ^a   Cheewakriangkrai, C ^a   Siriaree, S ^a   Saphan, K ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Colposcopy; Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion; Pap smear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER THERAPY; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COLPOSCOPY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33745945311     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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